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2 Second theme of 1st movt, on the violin, accompanied by staccato chords on the piano.

Piano Trio in D - 2nd Movement - Andante (Gomersall) Violin Cello Piano 1 First theme of 2nd movement, a lyrical descending melody on the violin, with an ascending counter-melody on the cello. It has a plaintive tone, in B minor.

2 Second theme of 2nd movement. This is the same tune as theme 1, but transformed into a happier major mode.

2 Chippewa Square. The peace and tranquillity of this place is depicted with a calm slow tune on violins, accompanied by rapid but harmonious figure on cellos, and with occasional toots by the flutes.

3 The Planter's Song. The cellos start to play their tuneful riff, possibly kidding listeners that this is the actual theme, but the trumpet then bursts in with a very jolly tune.

4 Cold evening at Tybee Island.This beach is probably packed with swimmers and surfers on a warm sunny day, but in this scene the oboes and the pulsating strings depict a deserted beach on a cold evening.

5 Fort Pulanski. Side drums and a trumpet fanfare introduce this military episode. Later the tempo accelerates leading to a huge tutti crash, as the fort's walls are breached by accurate and deadly cannon fire. Calm then returns to Savannah in the coda of this movement.

Stocho Barocco - an Aeolian Amble (Gomersall) 1 Theme 1 is introduced by the oboe, then 2 bars later it is joined (quasi fugally) by the clarinet, then 2 bars later by the flute.

2 Theme 2 follows on behind theme 1, and it blends with it contrapuntally.